Headline: the Government's plan to site the supercasino in Manchester has been rejected by the House of Lords. This has revived hopes in Blackpool that they might still get it.

Thursday, March 29, 2007 11:28:28 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's the latest King Pest...

Thursday, March 29, 2007 11:25:05 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Headline: Ofcom orders mobile companies to lower the rates they charge for phoning across networks. This makes it cheaper to phone a mobile from a land line.

Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:05:17 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's the latest page of Edgar Allan Poe's King Pest...

Artist Anton Emdin writes: This page seems to work very well. It's got some good comic angles, humour, and my favourite technique... the silhouette.

Wednesday, March 28, 2007 9:45:29 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Headline: Barclays Bank board director Bob Diamond revealed to have earned £27.000.000 last year.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:06:13 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's the next page of King Pest, by Antonella with artist Anton Emdin...

Anton writes: The last panel here - where they're butting heads -  is one of my favourites. I think I went a bit overboard with some of the grey tones in other parts of the strip, but this panel has nice balance of black, white, and grey.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:03:42 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's page 12 of King Pest, written by Antonella with artist Anton Emdin...

 Anton Writes: Check out the amount of text here! I was super-glad to have Glenno on board at this stage.

Monday, March 26, 2007 9:37:47 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

And now for the latest exciting, hit-attracting episode of NICK MILLER, HERO OF SPACE!

Nick writes: Antonella and I have just decided to re-write and re-draw this strip as a full-blown graphic novel. I think I'll start on it this week, so be on the lookout for the start of the new version of the story from next weekend, running alongside the three-frame version we've already commenced. If there's anybody out there reading this, we'd be interested to know which format, three-frame or full-page, you think works best.

In the meantime, Antonella is about to start writing a sequel, so this won't be like one of those US TV shows that gets suddenly cancelled mid-season just when you're getting into it.

Sunday, March 25, 2007 10:37:56 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's the latest page of Edgar Allan Poe's short story King Pest, adapted by Antonella and drawn by Anton Emdin...

Sunday, March 25, 2007 10:26:37 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Headline: Police Federation chairman calls for an end to electronic tagging of criminals after a BBC report shows monitoring equipment 'does not work'.

Saturday, March 24, 2007 12:17:37 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's the latest page of King Pest, by Antonella with Anton Emdin...

Saturday, March 24, 2007 12:10:53 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's page 9 of King Pest, writeen by Antonella and drawn by Anton Emdin, based on a short story by Edgar Allan Poe...

Anton writes: I love drawing portraits of crazy characters, so this page was a blast! I used to do a regular spot in a street newspaper called The Sydney City Hub. I did this thing called "Sydney City Weirdoes, where I would draw all the strange people I met working at a little corner store in a bohemian area. Some of them looked a little bit like these guys!

Antonella writes: I loved describing these portraits. I put into them all those things kids love ~ Poe gave good descriptions to start with ~ and I hoped that the artist could translate the words into visuals. At the time I didn't know which artist would be choosen to draw this story. It is up to the sensitivity of the editor to match the artist with the scriptwriter. I think this match has worked very well!

Friday, March 23, 2007 10:10:02 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's the latest page of King Pest, the strip Antonella wrote last year for Graphic Classics, drawn by Anton Emdin...

Thursday, March 22, 2007 9:47:31 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0]